Awhile back Evans {one of our gardeners} was slashing grass outside our yard and found a tortoise. He brought it to our porch where me and my family were sitting and showed it to us. Us kids begged to be allowed to keep it in a enclosure and finally mom and dad relented. So me and my brother set out to build a cage.We decided we would build it out of broken bricks (which are plantiful here) and that we didn't need mortar. After a while we got tired and decided to take a break. I figured the tortoise was so scared he would stay were he was for the time being. But I was wrong and he escaped. Now, we have a wall around our yard so usually it would be ok but our yard is BIG.We have found him twice since then and we named him Kamba which means tortoise in Chichewa, the local language. We are now building him a cage with mortar and bricks so that he can't escape next time. I love the nature in our back yard.
